Author: John Francis
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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A History of the English Railway: Its Social Relations & Revelations 1820-1845
Author: John Francis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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A History of the English Railway, Its Social Relations and Revelations
Author: John Francis
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Languages : en
Pages : 360
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A History of the English Railway
Author: John Francis (of the Bank of England.)
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Publisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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A History of the English Railway
Author: John Francis (of the Bank of England.)
Publisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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A History of the English Railway
Author: John Francis
Publisher: London : Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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Publisher: London : Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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A History of the English Railway
Author: John Francis
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
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Languages : en
Pages : 1152
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Languages : en
Pages : 1152
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A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: Library Company of Philadelphia
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
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The Railway Haters
Author: David L. Brandon
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526700220
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 655
Book Description
This unique social history examines 200 years of controversy surrounding British Railways—from the dawn of industrialization to contemporary light rail. During the Industrial Revolution, the power of landowning aristocrats was challenged by the emergent wealth and influence of the urban middle class. There was no greater symbol of this seismic shift in society than the British Railways Companies. Railways, with their powers of compulsory purchase, intruded brutally into the previously sacrosanct estates and pleasure grounds of Britain's traditional ruling elite. Aesthetes like Ruskin and poets like Wordsworth ranted against railways; Sabbatarians attacked them for providing employment on the Lord's Day; antiquarians accused them of vandalism by destroying ancient buildings; others claimed their noise would make cows abort and chickens cease laying. And while the complaints have certainly changed, railways have continued to provoke debate ever since. Arguments have raged over railway nationalization and privatization, about the Beeching Plan to increase efficiency, and around urban light rail systems. Examining railways from their beginnings to the present, this book provides insights into social, economic and political attitudes and emphasizes both change and continuity over 200 years.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526700220
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 655
Book Description
This unique social history examines 200 years of controversy surrounding British Railways—from the dawn of industrialization to contemporary light rail. During the Industrial Revolution, the power of landowning aristocrats was challenged by the emergent wealth and influence of the urban middle class. There was no greater symbol of this seismic shift in society than the British Railways Companies. Railways, with their powers of compulsory purchase, intruded brutally into the previously sacrosanct estates and pleasure grounds of Britain's traditional ruling elite. Aesthetes like Ruskin and poets like Wordsworth ranted against railways; Sabbatarians attacked them for providing employment on the Lord's Day; antiquarians accused them of vandalism by destroying ancient buildings; others claimed their noise would make cows abort and chickens cease laying. And while the complaints have certainly changed, railways have continued to provoke debate ever since. Arguments have raged over railway nationalization and privatization, about the Beeching Plan to increase efficiency, and around urban light rail systems. Examining railways from their beginnings to the present, this book provides insights into social, economic and political attitudes and emphasizes both change and continuity over 200 years.
Railways and the Victorian Imagination
Author: Michael J. Freeman
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300079708
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Discusses the cultural and social effect that the railway had on nineteenth century society in Great Britain
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300079708
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Discusses the cultural and social effect that the railway had on nineteenth century society in Great Britain